Best Drama movies of 1961

Actors : Charles Bronson, Brad Dexter, Ralph Taeger, David McLean,
Directors : Richard Donner,

During the Cold War in the 1960s the U.S.A.F.and NASA tested the experimental rocket-powered aircraft X-15 that set altitude and speed records and reached the edge of outer space.

Actors : Philip Needs, John Gregson, Loretta Parry, Sybil Thorndike,
Directors : Philip Leacock,

A little Roman Catholic boy and a little Jewish girl become best friends despite the prejudice that surrounds them.

Actors : Kishore Kumar, Anoop Kumar, Madhubala, Chanchal,
Directors : Shankar Mukherjee,

Anjana lives a wealthy lifestyle with her dad, Dwarka Nath, in a hilly region in India. When she returns home after several years, she finds that her dad has become more strict and a ...

Actors : Dilip Kumar, Azra, Nasir Khan, Vyjayanthimala,
Directors : Nitin Bose,

Widowed Govindi lives a poor lifestyle in Haripur along with two sons, Gungaram and Jumna. While Jumna is studious, Gungaram is the opposite, but has a good heart and decides to use his ...

Actors : Mario Barri, Charito Luna, Paul Sorensen, George Montgomery,
Directors : George Montgomery,

A Marine stationed in the Philippines loses a hand in an accident and is discharged from the Corps. When the Japanese invade the Philippines, he is called back into service to rescue a ...

Actors : Mickey Shaughnessy, David Janssen, Patti Page, Walter Winchell,
Directors : Albert Zugsmith,

Six American GIs stationed in Italy befriend an orphaned boy, but the soldiers remain unaware that the lad has stowed away with them when they return to the U.S. The six go their separate ...

Actors : Vincent Price, Edmund Purdom, Jeanne Crain, Amedeo Nazzari,
Directors : Fernando Cerchio,

Chronicles the rise and fall of the woman who eventually became known as Queen Nefertiti.

Actors : Howard Keel, Warner Anderson, Tina Louise, Earl Holliman,
Directors : Byron Haskin,

An American army unit is trapped in a small town during a German counterattack and discovers that a spy in the town is providing the Germans with information about them.

Actors : Yôko Tani, Hélène Chanel, Gordon Scott, Dante DiPaolo,
Directors : Riccardo Freda,

Sam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors.

Actors : Jean-François Poron, Marina Vlady, Annie Ducaux, Jean Marais,
Directors : Jean Delannoy,

Princess of Cleves is married with a rich and old prince but she loves secretly a lord younger, more beautiful and also very popular.

Actors : Carlos Larrañaga, Isabel Garcés, José Marco Davó, Marisol,
Directors : Luis Lucia,

Marisol's parents are dead, and she decides to sell everything she has and go to Madrid with her uncle's Ramon family. Leonor, her aunt, is a very bad woman that doesn't like Marisol and ...

Actors : Furankî Sakai, Yuriko Hoshi, Nobuko Otowa, Akira Takarada,
Directors : Shûe Matsubayashi,

This Japanese film speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon.

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Mary Peach, Stanley Holloway, Peter Finch,
Directors : Ralph Thomas,

Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to ...

Actors : Don Ameche, Jack Kelly, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Angie Dickinson,
Directors : Vincent Sherman,

The murder of a socialite leads to a sensational trial, with a close governor's race hanging on its outcome.

Actors : Georges Descrières, Claude Rich, Anna Karina, Jacqueline Danno,
Directors : Michel Deville,

Laurent is theatrical director, his girl Valerie an aspiring actress. Their relationship begins to fracture when Valerie doesn't get the role in Laurent's play.

Actors : Barbara Turner, Werner Klemperer, Donald Buka, Ruta Lee,
Directors : R.G. Springsteen,

Werner Kelmperer stars as one of the most infamous mass murderers in all history in this true story. With the defeat of Germany that ends World War II in Europe, the Allies discover the ...

Actors : Ellen Vogel, Reitze van der Linden, Paul Cammermans, Marie-Louise Videc,
Directors : Fons Rademakers,

A young boy coming into puberty is resentful of his mother's budding romance with the best friend of her late husband, and is torn and confused about his emerging feelings for Toni, a young...

Actors : Lola Albright, Clarke Gordon, Joe De Santis, Scott Marlowe,
Directors : Alexander Singer,

An older woman seduces an impressionable working-class boy who falls deeply in love with her. Disillusionment sets in when the boy discovers that she is a stripper.

Actors : Ronnie Burns, Darrell Howe, Pamela Lincoln, Judy Howard,
Directors : Boris Petroff,

The crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother's execution.

Actors : Ruth Roman, Paul Anka, Gigi Perreau, Alex Nicol,
Directors : William Alland,

Teen idol Paul Anka plays Craig Fowler, the troubled son of dysfunctional parents Jackie and Jay Fowler (Ruth Roman and Alex Nicol). When Jay loses his job as a aircraft mechanic, he goes ...